Dan and Christine are both from the Northern Virginia area and felt called to the Arab world while serving with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Dan and Christine are living in a country that is home to over 83 million people who do not know that Jesus is the only way to God. They want to share the gospel with and live life among the unreached in the Arab world. 

As part of a team, they share the gospel, do Bible studies with seekers, disciple new believers, and guide the formation of indigenous house churches. Their desire is to work towards a church planting movement among the unreached.

The team strategically uses social media advertising to find those already seeking Jesus, engage them through online bible studies, meet with them in person for discipleship, and coach them to start house churches in their communities, in partnership with Arab Christians. Because of their involvement with this ministry, Dan and Christine get to be a part of what the Lord is doing locally as well as in the Arab world at large. They are helping seekers and believers get connected with locals to do Bible study--first online and then--offline for discipleship, community, and sharing. Since the Media Project serves several cities in the Arab World, at the beginning of this year the decision was made to move the management of the Media Project to area leadership rather than a single team.

Also in January, Dan and Christine were asked to become the leaders of their team. After much prayer and seeking counsel, Dan and Christine accepted the offer and became the official leaders of their team. They attended leadership development training and will take over the team in August. With media project leaving their team strategies, they can increase their focus on the team’s other 3 strategies of: (1) community engagement (sharing the gospel and discipling their local community), (2) business as mission, using business to propel them into the local community and into harder-to-reach areas of the host country (The team started a property management business in which they purchase apartments in the city, renovate, and furnish them, and rent them out as Airbnb's. The long-term goal is for these apartments to provide neutral (safe) spaces for emerging house churches to meet securely. This business also provides visas and identities for 6+ units (and more with each purchase/investment); and (3) corporate intercession and prayer partnerships.

Prayer Requests                                                                   Discipleship Group—Healing for a single mom; Preparation for a teen to be baptized; Connection with a family member of one of our group members who has shown interest in church.                         Team—Continued growth and work through the media ministry and for provision and wisdom for two of their colleagues who have transitioned with that ministry; The Lord’s guidance in determining needed work space; Health and provision for team members who transition back to US for their home assignment.              Community Engagement—For “Nora” to stay spiritually open and recognize Jesus as the only way; Dan and Christine to spend more time with “Sara” and her family that there would be a chance for deeper spiritual conversations